British Schools Orienteering Championships 2025Hopetoun House, 16 November
Credit: Martin Caldwell
There were plenty of ESOC juniors at this year’s competition, with some podium results!
BSOC 2025 was organised by ESOC, and further details about the event, including officials' reports, can be found in the Hopetoun House BSOC event item on this website. Hopetoun House is near South Queensferry, on the south shore of the Forth estuary. The terrain is mainly open parkland, with managed gardens and woodland, and a network of paths. Longer courses visited the surrounding deer park.
There were more than 300 competitors, including over 20 from ESOC, from around 60 different schools. It was a lovely day, and there were many enthusiastic comments about the organisation, courses, and setting.
ESOC podium positions
Individual:
- William Atkinson, 1st in Year 10 Boys
- Megan Brown, 2nd in Year 13 Girls
School teams:
- Year 8 Girls, 3rd place – George Heriot’s Senior School (Ianthe Bleakley, Arielle Muir)
- Year 11 Girls, 1st place – Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools (Ursula MacColl)
- Year 12 Girls, 1st place – Erskine Stewart’s Melville Schools (Alexis Gow, Thea Thomas, Elspeth Rink)
Other ESOC juniors competing
- Year 5 Girls – Kirsten Tinsley, Jessica Mackenzie
- Year 6 Girls – Ailsa Brown
- Year 8 Girls – Maria O'Hara
- Year 9 Girls – Emma Daley
- Year 5 Boys – Luke Durnall, Hamish Mair
- Year 6 Boys – Eddie Mair, Sebastian Bleakley
- Year 8 Boys – Fraser Mackenzie
- Year 9 Boys – Kyle Crawford, David Inglis
- Year 10 Boys – Sam Mackenzie
- Year 11 Boys – Gregor Menzies, Ewan Arnold
- Year 12 Boys – Calum Robertson, Cameron Chapman
- Year 13 Boys – Tate Woodhouse
Full results are available from the BSOC 2025 page of the British Schools Orienteering Association website, along with a link to a gallery of photos from the event.